Warfare Operation Urgent Fury (The Invasion of Grenada, 1983)

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An aerial view of two buildings destroyed during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Cigarettes, food and other supplies fill the base exchange at Grantley Adams Airport during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US servicemen in the base exchange facilities at Grantley Adams Airport during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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General Thomas M. Ryan Jr., commander in chief, Military Airlift Command (MAC), talks with Air Force personnel at Point Salines Airport during Operation URGENT FURY. A C-130 Hercules aircraft is parked in the background.

 

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Colonel Ron F. Clarkson escorts General Thomas M. Ryan Jr., commander in chief, Military Airlift Command (MAC), on a tour of Point Salines Airport during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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General Thomas M. Ryan Jr., commander in chief, Military Airlift Command (MAC), takes the controls of a C-130 Hercules aircraft while en route from Barbados to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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An aerial view of Point Salines Airport during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Czechoslovakian-made M-53 quad 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun seized near Point Salines Airport during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US servicemen move a cart filled with Soviet-made weapons that were seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Soviet-made GAZ-66 2,000 kg truck seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Soviet-made ZU-23 twin 23 mm automatic anti-aircraft gun seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Soviet-made M-37 82 mm mortar seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Sister Cecile St. Remy, Crawford Best and Major (MAJ) Ben Pieczynski, operations officer, 95th Tactical Airlift Squadron, review a supply list. The squadron is delivering supplies to missions in the Caribbean and South America.

 

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A crate of Soviet-made rocket-propelled grenades that was seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

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A Soviet-made PKT light machine gun and boxes of ammunition seized during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

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Boxes of Soviet ammunition seized during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

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A box with oriental lettering on its front, seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

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chicom hate soviet!but send property supported soviet to grenada?

 

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Don't know what makes you think Grenada was a Chinese Communist operation. It was pretty much entirely run and supported from Cuba.

 

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General (GEN) Paul X. Kelley, commandant of the Marine Corps, presents the Silver Star to the widow of First Lieutenant (1LT) Jeffrey Shearer in honor of his heroic action in Grenada. The ceremony took place in the office of Major General (MGEN) Robert E. Haebel, commanding general of the base.

 

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A Marine stands guard over a group of civilians after arriving with the Battalion Landing Team A command group during Operation URGENT FURY. The Marines were deployed from Grenada when they were informed that members of the Peoples Revolutionary Army were on the island.

 

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Marines take members of the Peoples Revolutionary Army as prisoners after arriving with the Battalion Landing Team A command group during Operation URGENT FURY

 

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Two Marines sit aboard a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter after arriving with the Battalion Landing Team A command group during Operation URGENT FURY. The Marines were deployed from Grenada when they learned that members of the Peoples Revolutionary Army were here. An M60 machine gun is mounted on the helicopter.

 

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A Marine armed with an M16A1 rifle stands guard over a captured member of the Peoples Revolutionary Army, as other Marines search the trunk of an automobile during Operation URGENT FURY.